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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rowe told to expect?
(a) Help from the natives.
(b) Animosity from the natives.
(c) Nothing from the natives.
(d) Fear from the natives.

2. When Rowe is asked by a news reporter if he'd been beaten, he says that he wasn't "mistreated severely" and then says that he can't go into it further. Why?
(a) Because he did not want to upset the news reporter.
(b) Because he is not sure what happened to him.
(c) Because he is embarrassed about his treatment.
(d) Because of the possibility of retaliation on other POWs.

3. What is Rowe given all the way to their first destination?
(a) Rest.
(b) Medical care.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

4. Is Rowe punished?
(a) Yes, severely.
(b) Yes, but not severely.
(c) Yes, somewhat severely.
(d) No, not at all.

5. The prisoners - Jim, Dan, John and Rowe - are moved again on March 4, 1967, this time to where?
(a) Hanoi.
(b) A smaller camp.
(c) A camp with better construction.
(d) Saigon.

6. At first, what do these men plan to do to Rowe?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Save him.
(d) Capture him.

7. Why does Rowe want the Vietcong prisoners to be sentenced to this?
(a) So the Vietcong will consider letting him go.
(b) So the Vietcong will see the power of the U.S.
(c) So he can see some retaliation being taken out on the Vietcong.
(d) So the Vietcong do not feel the need to execute American prisoners in retaliation.

8. What happens when one attacks a guard who comes too close?
(a) It is eaten.
(b) It is killed.
(c) Its wing is clipped.
(d) It is tortured.

9. Rowe learns that he has been promoted to what during his absence?
(a) General.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Major.
(d) Sergeant.

10. How does Rowe find the will to resist?
(a) In the actions of the Vietnamese people he encounters during the tour of the region.
(b) In the actions of the Vietcong.
(c) In prayer.
(d) In the actions of his fellow POWs.

11. What is Rowe told he can buy with the money he earns from his excess fish?
(a) Sugar and salt.
(b) Sugar and tea.
(c) Sugar and pepper.
(d) Garlic and pepper.

12. In a village near Tan Phu, why is Rowe recognized?
(a) He had been there prior to his capture to buy food.
(b) He had been there to catch the Vietcong.
(c) He had been there to sell his fish.
(d) He had been there prior to his capture to offer help.

13. Why does Rowe wave his mosquito netting?
(a) It is very large.
(b) It is the whitest thing in his possession.
(c) He is trying to swat away the mosquitos.
(d) It is the only possession he has.

14. Initially, what does Rowe consider declining?
(a) The offer to make him a major.
(b) The right to tell his story in a book.
(c) To answer any questions.
(d) To sign a waiver of his rights prior to the debriefing.

15. What else do the men buy?
(a) Hunting supplies.
(b) Black pepper and garlic.
(c) Vegetables and fruit.
(d) Black pepper and salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he name them?

2. Why does Rowe remain on a loose quarantine?

3. What will be used in this selling process?

4. Where is Rowe discovered?

5. One older woman questions Rowe's captors. What does she ask?

(see the answer keys)

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